Latin American State Building in Comparative Perspective: Social Foundations of Institutional Order - Brossura

Kurtz, Marcus J.

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ISBN 10: 0521747317 ISBN 13: 9780521747318

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Riassunto

Latin American State Building in Comparative Perspective provides an account of long-run institutional development in Latin America that emphasizes the social and political foundations of state-building processes. The study argues that societal dynamics have path-dependent consequences at two critical points: the initial consolidation of national institutions in the wake of independence, and at the time when the 'social question' of mass political incorporation forced its way into the national political agenda across the region during the Great Depression. Dynamics set into motion at these points in time have produced widely varying and stable distributions of state capacity in the region. Marcus J. Kurtz tests this argument using structured comparisons of the post-independence political development of Chile, Peru, Argentina and Uruguay.

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'Kurtz asks what has led some states to develop institutions capable of regulating the economic, political, and even social behavior of their citizens, while others have lagged behind. To answer this question, he relies upon a rich historical analysis of state-building efforts in Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Uraguay ... He tests this theory this extensive data from paired comparisons of the polar opposite cases of Chile and Peru, as well as the more similar cases of Argentina and Uruguay. Summing up: recommended. Undergraduate, graduate, and research collections.' M. F. T. Malone, Choice

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Kurtz outlines the long-run institutional development in Latin America, emphasizing the social and political foundations of state-building processes. He focuses on the initial consolidation of national institutions after independence and when the 'social question' of mass political incorporation forced its way into the national political agenda during the Great Depression.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0521747317
• ISBN 13: 9780521747318
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 286